Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-06-11
ABOUT THE
Cleveland Rested-Dakota Matters
Blame and Sherman. .

# the flies and drums, the comets sack
puts and psalteries, have died away, and
he national drill is a thing of the past.
The meeting Of the citizens soldiery was
beneficial to oil who participated i'll it..
It showed the men what real soldering
IS. 1t brought them into competition
With the best men of the country, and
them what the regular army Off
,ers considered good camp work. 1t
them that fancy uniforms do not
win prizes. They learned that the reg.
alar army uniform is a prettier soldiers
zarb and a more useful clothing, than
all of the white pants, red coats, or bear
shabos in the world. It was with a
great degree of pride that I watched
Company I'D" carry a prize
to the northwest. 1t wa a source of re.
gret that Dakota had not done some-
thing in the matter. One of the best re- |
suits of the drill, however, will be appar-
ent next year.
There is q gentleman in congress who
intends to take action in the matter next
winter. He is a man who always carries
his point, and never gets left. He will
introduce a bill granting to each state a
sufficient amount of money to send two
crack companies to Washington to par.
ticipate In a national drill. There will
be prizes prepared and the whole man.
agement will be under the secretary of
war. Each state and territory will hold
encampments, and the companies Sc
lected as the best 1.-TWO of them) will be
sent to the national drill at government
expense. This will bring up the militia
of the country to q high standard. 1t
will give the country a standing army,
on a peace basis, and will not take the
men away from their regular avocations
except on a sort of picnic. 1t will edu-
cate thousands Of men in the work of
the camp and field, and every one of
them will be competent 10 command
companies and regiments, when called
upon for actual duty. 1t will awaken
state pride, and individual effort. 1t
will maze for the country q citizen SOL
diery which will be able at any moment
to compete with the standard armies of
the old world.
This country needs but q small stand
ing army, says Gen. Sheridan. Gail we
need is the nucleus of an army. The
men ON the farms and in the cities make
splendid soldiers and are easily taught
the duties of camp and field. and
march. They never falter in battle. l
have seen them and tested them again
and again and they make the finest
soldiers in the world. There is not the
servility and ignorance and lack of en-
thusiasm which is characteristic of the
poor fellows who stand in camp under
arms year in and year out, in Europe.
Every man is intelligent and thinks.
There were more brains in the ranks
Of my cavalry corps. than in all the
armies of Europe. They were all intel
ligent men. The same might be said of
all the soldiers north and south. There
never were better fighting armies. They
were easily handled, because of their in
~telligence."
Gen. Augur says: "L believe that
the national drill will be of vast benefit
to the country. Each state has a mill.
tia establishment /; but few of them are
tactical and US interested in their duties
as they ought to be. Meeting annually
and competing for prizes will develop
the martial spirit and bring out a great
deal of proficiency IN matters of detail
which could not be otherwise acquired"
The great man who rules the desti-
MES of 6O,O00,OOO people is on his way
back to the capitol. He has taken a
needed rest and is probably ten years
younger than when he left the city. No
nan works harder than an industrious
president, and nom more deserve a
rest. Gen. Grant was called to account
in rs for absenting himself from the
capital. He replied to congress partic.
ularly, that it was none of their business
where he was or where he went. He
established Il precedent which will al
ways be beneficial 10 his successors in
that high Office. Prior to that time,
there was q general opinion that a pres
ident must live in Washington all the
time. Grant did as he pleased. and as
ne should. Cleveland does likewise.
There IS almost n Dakota news here,
ut this time. TIE fact of tho nomina-
ton Of Bartlett Trlpp for the position Of
associate Justice Of the supreme court of
the United States. by the correspondent
of the Globe, has excited some COM
ment. One eminent gentleman acting
upon the suggestion, presented the name
of Judge Trip to the president, andIit
vas f~avorably received. The president
might 90 further and fare worse than to
select Judge Trip for the position.
Charlie Frost is doing well in his claim
agency business, and making money.
He is considering a proposition to 20
back to Dakota and start a newspaper
at Bismarck. If he is wise it will all
end in consideration. Bismarck is no
place for another newspaper.
Viewed from this standpoint, it looks
as though Omaha had concluded in
earnest to compete for the trade of Da.
kota. She will be especially gallant to the
south and try to get her trade and SYM
pathy from the Minnesota twins. Let
her 90, Gallagher. The more competi-
ton for Dakotas' favors, the more coy
and croquettish will the empire become.
The prices of grain will come up a point
or two, and the prices of merchandise
will fall. Competition is the life of trade
and the Dakotans are soon to profit by it.
The political pot is fairly seething.
Sherman and anti-Sherman are the ele-
ments. Cleveland and anti Cleveland
are the other side battling over. These
men stand in the forefront of their
parties at present. Cleveland is believed
to be the man whom the Democrats can
nominate. Without him they do not